Material Masterdata Management - SCM

As a Demand Planning automation specialist, your primary responsibility will be to design, develop, and evaluate various forecasting models for Hospitals" Main Stores and Sub-stores. You will own the demand forecast model and continuously enhance it by analyzing inputs from Historical, Seasonal, Market intelligence, and Category Management functions to support the broader Supply Chain function and achieve business goals. Your role will involve strict compliance with Hospital formulary while assessing forecasting models and reviewing and refining forecast models 6-12 months in advance. You will consider Sales & Marketing assumptions and understand demand forecast drivers to develop and validate the demand plan from various sources. Additionally, you will prepare multiple levels of aggregation for different time horizons as part of the demand planning function. Monitoring trends in historical sales, forecast accuracy, and forecast bias will be crucial for progressive continuous improvement. You will lead and manage the Demand Review process and related activities of the SCM&P process, preparing key KPI reports and analyzing forecast accuracy and demand trends to support the monthly SCM&P cycle. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model, as well as facilitating key actions from meetings with stakeholders, will be part of your responsibilities. You will also manage Demand Planning tools and systems, ensuring their maintenance and continuous improvement in coordination with the IT team. In the realm of Inventory Optimization & Control automation, you will be tasked with deriving and maintaining an optimal list of SKUs and storage locations across hospitals. Ensuring availability assessments, initiating alternate options for low safety stock levels, monitoring indent service levels, and managing ROL execution by generating purchase requisitions timely will be essential. You will focus on improving inventory hygiene to minimize write-off costs through continuous monitoring of Surplus, Non-Moving, Nearing expiry, and Ageing inventory, taking timely liquidation actions. Implementing adequate cycle count processes and reviewing, modifying, and deploying SOP & Process guidelines for effective material management across locations will also be part of your role. Lastly, in Governance, MIS & Reporting automation, you will monitor compliance for UNIT SCM functions, implement best practices, liaise with internal and external statutory audits, and maintain compliance levels. Generating MIS reports on SCM functions, including Inventory holding, Inventory hygiene, and Service level tracking will also be crucial aspects of your responsibilities.,